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Franklin Field

38.30490°N
-121.43000°W
ARR / DAY
9
▲ 17.9%
DEP / DAY
7
▲ 50.0%

Franklin Field (KF72) is a small general aviation airport located in Franklin, CA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,123 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

2 installed

3,123 FT MAX
09/27
3,031 ft × 60
ASP○ unlit
18/36
3,123 ft × 60
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

18
48% of ops
84 land · 5 TO
27
24% of ops
42 land · 3 TO
36
19% of ops
33 land · 0 TO
09
10% of ops
17 land · 0 TO
Runway 18 carries 48% of operations (84 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 24%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 84 landings
UA 36%
27 42 landings
UA 24%
36 33 landings
UA 12%
09 17 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 36% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 84 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.9
flights/day · 206 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 7pm · 4pm
Day vs night
45%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 6.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.1 vs 7.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here — top types over the last 30 days

49 · 26%
47 · 25%
19 · 10%
13 · 7%
10 · 5%
6 · 3%
Activity is led by (26% of 190 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
16° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

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WestSacRob
02/02/2008
This is the "training airport" for the KSAC flight schools
This airport is about 10 nm S of KSAC. This is where the pilots flying out of KSAC (including me) go to practice touch-and-go's, emergency landings and so forth. It can be quite busy on VFR weekends.
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